I'm so glad that grown-up strategy is coming to mobile platforms in a big way. Following in the footsteps of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM: Enemy Within, developer Hairebrained Schemes has published Shadowrun: Dragonfall on the Google Play Store. This is more of an expansion of Shadowrun Returns, which launched on Android back in September of last year, than it is a direct sequel. It's yours for $6.99, no previous purchases necessary.

The Shadowrun video games are based on the roleplaying board games of the same name - think Dungeons & Dragons meets Blade Runner. Dragonfall is a separate steampunk campaign, wherein a dystopian Cold War allegory plays out through tactical RPG progression. The elements that made the previous game a hit are all here, including turn-based grid combat, fantastic 2D backdrops, varied races and classes for your party, and the trademark mix of fantasy and sci-fi elements. The new game boasts enhanced visuals and a tweaked user interface across its five story missions and twelve side missions.

Dragonfall "Director's Cut" is available for most devices running Android 4.4 or higher, including smartphones, though I really would recommend a tablet for this style of game. It's adapted from the PC version, so trying to run it on older hardware is a recipe for frustration. There are no in-app purchases, and the $7 price tag is a bargain compared to the $15 cost of the Steam version.

Comments

namesib

:D

Kevin Turabian

So this includes the original and the expansion? Or just the expansion? I love XCOM and this seems similar but neither XCOM the expansion or original is compatible with the Nvidia Shield Tablet so I haven't bought the expansion for it. (Already bought the original a while back, but can't play it)

Jorge Bransyeah

There is a little tutorial on how to make XCOM work on the shield Tablet over at XDA and Geforce forums though it involves root. I loved the first title on my nexus 7 but got a little pissed because of this and decided not to pay for enemy within.

A lot of games. A top down, 2.5D shooter should run just fine. No need to make excuses for a poor port.

CaibreGreyblade

On pac rom? Nothing really, thou there is no battery life to speak off as a trade off.

CaibreGreyblade

No lags for me. Loading times on the other hand..

Asaf

I played (and finished) the first one on Nexus 7 2012, enjoyed it a lot even tough it wasn't perfect. Waited eagerly for the second.

CaibreGreyblade

So i have to pay for an add-on again? No Harebrained. Just no. I own windows version of this and I just bought windows tablet. No. Also, still none of user created content in android edition. Again, a big NO.